Putting Health back into Clinical Mental Health Counseling

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Putting Health back into Clinical Mental Health
Counseling

• Presented by
• Jim Messina, Ph.D. , NCC, CCMHC
• At Utah Mental Health Counselors Association
• Date May 10, 2013

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From Dream to Reality in 1976

• On an impulsive whim Nancy and Jim
• Coined term Mental Health Counselor
• Coined Association Title The American Mental
  Health Counselors Association
• As the process caught fire
• Established the Profession of Mental Health
  Counseling
• Set out to create its Hallmarks of a Profession

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What are the Hallmarks of a Profession?

1. Professional Membership Organization
2. Code of Ethics
3. Certification and Licensure
4. Accreditation
5. Research into Effectiveness of Service Delivery

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History Timeline of Creation of Mental Health
Counseling Profession

• 1976 Coining of term Mental Health Counselor
  and formation of American Mental Health
  Counselors Association as Division of ACA
• 1979 Creation of the National Academy of
  Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselors
• 1981 First State Law to license Mental Health
  Counselors put into effect in Florida
• 1985 AMHCA had over 12,000 members
• 2011  AMHCA put out its newest Standards of
  Practice in Mental Health Counseling-Helping to
  put Health back into Clinical Mental Health
  Counseling
• 2013 AMHCA has over 7,000 members

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The National Professional Association of Clinical
Mental Health Counselors
American Mental Health Counselors
Association Founded in 1976 when term Mental
Health Counselor was coined
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Initial Definition of Scope of CMHC Practice

• The 1979s initial AMHCAs Journal of Mental
  Health Counseling included first published
  definition of mental health counseling as
• an interdisciplinary, multifaceted, holistic
  process of
• Promotion of healthy lifestyles
• Identification of individual stressors personal
  levels of functioning
• Preservation or restoration of mental health
  (Seiler Messina, 1979)

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AMHCAs Revised Scope of Practice in 1986

• The 1986 AMHCA Board of Directors adopted
• Clinical mental health counseling is the
  provision of professional counseling services
  involving the application of principles of
• Psychotherapy
• Human Development
• Learning Theory
• Group Dynamics
• Etiology of mental illness dysfunctional
  behavior
• to individuals, couples, families and groups, for
  the purpose of promoting optimal mental health,
  dealing with normal problems of living and
  treating psychopathology

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1986 Scope of Practice (2)

• The practice of clinical mental health counseling
  includes, but is not limited to
• Diagnosis treatment of mental emotional
  disorders
• Psycho-educational techniques aimed at the
  prevention of Mental emotional disorders
• Consultations to individuals, couples, families,
  groups, organizations communities
• Clinical research into more effective
  psychotherapeutic treatment modalities.

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Regional Chapters of State MHCAs
State Chapters of AMHCA
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AMHCA Belongs to
American Counseling Association Was known as
APGA-American Personnel and Guidance Association
in1976 and in 1983 as AACD American Association
of Counseling and Development until 1992 when it
changed to ACA
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CODES OF ETHICS GoverningClinical Mental Health
Counselors
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National Certification
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NBCCs National Certifications for Mental Health
Counselors

• NCC National Certified Counselor Over 48,000
• CCMHC Founded 1979- Certified Clinical Mental
  Health Counselor Today only 1,000 are CCMHCs
  which needs to change if we are to put Health
  back into the professional identity of Clinical
  Mental Health Counseling

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State Licensure for Counselors and Related Fields

• In USA
• 120,429 Licensed Professional Counselors
• 54,785 Licensed Marriage Family Therapists
• 202,924 Licensed Social Workers
• All 50 States have Licensed Professional
  Counselors but only 15 have Mental Health
  Counseling in their Title (Major way of taking
  Health out of Clinical Mental Health Counseling!)

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15 States with MHCs in Title

• Delaware-License Professional Counselor of Mental
  Health (LPCMH)
• Florida-Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC)
  First Licensed 1981
• Hawaii-Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC)
• Indiana-Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC)
• Iowa-Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC)
• Massachusetts-Licensed Mental Health Counselor
  (LMHC)
• Nebraska-Licensed Independent Mental Health
  Practitioner (LMHP)
• New Hampshire- Licensed Clinical Mental Health
  Counselor (LCMHC)
• New Mexico-Licensed Mental Health Counselor
  (LMHC)
• New York-Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC)
• Rhode Island-Licensed Clinical Mental Health
  Counselor (LCMHC)
• South Dakota-Licensed Professional
  Counselor-Mental Health (LP-MH)
• Tennessee-Licensed Professional Counselor-Mental
  Health Service Provider (LPC/MHSP)
• Utah-Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselors
  (LCMHC) as of 2012
• Vermont-Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor
  (LCMHC)
• Washington-Licensed Mental Health Counselor
  (LMHC)

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Major Recommendation to Promote Professional
Identity of CMHCs

• Given only 15 out 50 states licensed CMHCs, it
  is imperative that we who have LMHC licensure
  encourage the LPCs in the other 35 states to
  gain Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor
  (CCMHC) status through the NBCC which would be a
  clear way of putting HEALTH into Clinical Mental
  Health Counseling and a way to get counselors in
  all 50 states enabled to call themselves Clinical
  Mental Health Counselor

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AMHCAs Online Newsletter
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Research in the field is Reported in AMHCAs
Journal
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Accreditation Standards for Training of CMHC

• CACREP (The Council for Accreditation of
  Counseling Related Educational Programs)
• 1988 CACREP set out its first Standards for
  accreditation of CMHC Programs using 60 hour
  requirement put out in 1979 by AMHCA But it
  also had Community Counseling Programs with up to
  48 hours Most went Community Counseling
• 2009 CACREP adopted standards for CMHC which
  included 60 hour requirement

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2009 CACREP Standards for CMHC

• Required both core CACREP areas specialized
  training in clinical mental health
• Core CACREP areas include
• Professional Orientation and Ethical Practice
• Social and Cultural Diversity
• Human Growth and Development across the lifespan
• Career Development
• Helping Relationships
• Group Work
• Assessment
• Research and Program Evaluation

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2009 CACREP Standards for CMHC Specialized CMHC
Training

• Ethical, Legal Practice Foundations of CMHC
• Prevention Clinical Intervention
• Clinical Assessment
• Diagnosis Treatment of Mental Disorders
• Diversity Advocacy in Clinical Mental Health
  Counseling
• Clinical Mental Health Counseling Research
  Outcome Evaluation
• These areas of CMHC preparation address clinical
  mental health needs across the lifespan
  (children, adolescents, adults and older adults)
  across socially culturally diverse
  populations.

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AMHCA 2011 Standard Additional Requirement for
CMHC Training

• The 2011 AMHCA standards also recommend these
  additional areas of training for CMHC Training
  programs
• Biological Bases of Behavior (including
  psychopathology and psychopharmacology)
• Specialized Clinical Assessment
• Trauma
• Co-Occurring Disorders (mental disorders and
  substance abuse)

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Implications of AMHCAs 2011 Expanded Clinical
Standards for Training of CMHCs

• Evidenced-Based Practices
• Diagnosis and Treatment Planning using EBPs
• Diagnosis of Co-Occurring Disorders Trauma
• Biological Basis of Behaviors
• Knowledge of Central Nervous System
• Lifespan Plasticity of the Brain
• Psychopharmacology
• Behavioral Medicine
• Neurobiology of Thinking, Emotion Memory
• Neurobiology of mental health disorders (mood,
  anxiety, psychosis) over life span
• Promotion of optimal mental health over the
  lifespan

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Accreditation-CACREP in 200974 Clinical Mental
Health Counseling

• In Florida they are
• Argosy Sarasota
• Barry University
• Florida Atlantic University
• Florida Gulf Coast University
• Florida International University
• Florida State University
• Rollins College
• Troy University Southeast Region
• University of Central Florida
• University of Florida
• University of North Florida
• University of South Florida
• Online
• Cappella University
• Walden University

• In Utah
• University of Phoenix-Mental Health Counseling
• NOTE things will change now that Utah has in
  2012 implemented the LCMHC

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CACREP 2016 Standards for CMHC

• 1. FOUNDATIONS
• A. development of mental health counseling
• B. theories and models related to mental health
  counseling
• C. principles of mental health counseling,
  including prevention, intervention,
• consultation, education, and advocacy, and
  networks that promote mental health
• D. medical foundation and etiology of addiction
  and co-occurring disorders
• E. principles, models, and documentation formats
  of biopsychosocial case
• conceptualization and treatment planning

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• 2. CONTEXTUAL DIMENSIONS
• F. etiology, process, nomenclature, treatment,
  referral, and prevention of mental and
• emotional disorders
• G. mental health service delivery modalities such
  as inpatient, outpatient, partial treatment
• and aftercare and the mental health counseling
  services networks
• H. diagnostic process, including differential
  diagnosis, and the use of current diagnostic
• tools, such as the current edition of the (DSM)
• I. potential for substance use disorders to mimic
  and/or co-occur with a variety of medical
• and psychological disorders
• J. impact of crisis on individuals diagnosed with
  mental illness
• K. classifications, indications, and
  contraindications of commonly prescribed
• psychopharmacological medications for appropriate
  medical referral and consultation
• L. public policy and government relations on
  local, state, and national level to enhance
• equity funding and promote programs that affect
  the practice of mental health counseling
• M. cultural factors relevant to mental health
  counseling
• N. professional organizations, preparation
  standards, and credentials relevant to the
  practice
• of mental health counseling
• O. legal and ethical considerations specific to
  mental health counseling
• P. record keeping, third party reimbursement, and
  other practice and management issues in

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• 3. PRACTICE
• Q. intake interview, mental status evaluation,
• biopsychosocial history, mental health history,
• and psychological assessment for treatment
  planning and
• caseload management
• R. strategies for interfacing with the legal
  system regarding
• court referred clients
• S. techniques and interventions related to a
  broad range of
• mental health issues
• What does this tell us? Little change is being
  recommended for the next round of CACREP
  Standards AMHCAs 2011 Standards have had
  little impact on what is being proposed at the
  current time.
• Lets see if this will matter based on future
  trends.

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The Growth of Mental Health Counseling as a
Profession

• In 2008, according to US Department of Labor
  120,000 Mental Health Counselors were employed
  only 6.7 of them were self-employed
• By 2018 43,000 jobs will be added (for a for a
  total of 163,000), representing a 36.3 growth
•  Median annual wages in 2008 for Mental Health
  Counselors was 38,150. This is High when
  compared to other jobs.

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Parity with the Other Mental Health Professions

• The median reimbursable fee for service
• Clinical Mental Health Counselors is 63
• Psychologists is 75 for psychologists
• Clinical Social Workers Marriage and Family
  Therapists is 60
• (January 2006 study by Psychotherapy Finances)

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SO! What do Mental Health Counselors Currently Do?

• Mental Health Counselors offer full range of
  services
• Assessment diagnosis
• Treatment planning and utilization review
• Psychotherapy
• Brief and solution-focused therapy
• Alcoholism and substance abuse treatment
• Psycho-educational prevention programs
• Crisis management
• Trauma Intervention

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ACAs 20/20 Commissions Definition of Counseling

• Counseling is a professional relationship that
  empowers diverse individuals, families and groups
  to accomplish mental health, wellness, education
  and career goals
• They also established
• The counseling profession shall establish uniform
  licensing standards with LPC as an entry-level
  title for counselor licensure.

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BUT THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE!

• The emerging health needs of Americans is
  changing and as a result the roles and function
  of mental health practitioners will be changing
  as well

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New AMHCA Clinical Standards Help CMHC to Get
Ready for Changes in System

• The Affordable Care behavioral medicine
  interventions
• 1. ACA calls for the coordination and integration
  of medical services through the primary care
  provider for a whole person orientation to
  medical treatment - model currently implemented
  at some level in VA Federally Qualified Health
  Centers (FQHCs)
• 2. The ACA calls for creation of Affordable Care
  Organizations (ACOs) to provide comprehensive
  services to Medicare recipients with a strong
  primary care basis
• 3. The ACA model includes integration of mental
  behavioral health services into the
  Patient-centered medical home (PCMH) which can
  enhance patient outcomes
• 4. The ACA model integrates mental, behavioral
  and medical services under one roof with
  potential of controlling the costs for patients
• 5. The ACA integrated behavioral medical
  approach opens a massive opportunity for clinical
  mental health counselors
• 6. To be prepared to fill this evolving
  behavioral medicine role, it is imperative that
  clinical mental health counseling training
  programs establish training for future
  practitioners in these integrated medical
  settings.

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The Affordable Care Act (ACA)

• Beginning 2014 ACA increases access to quality
  health care including coverage for mental health
  substance use disorder services
• All new small group individual private market
  plans will be required to cover mental health
  substance use disorder services as part of the
  health care law's Essential Health Benefits
  categories

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The Affordable Care Act (ACA)

• Behavioral health benefits will be covered at
  parity with medical surgical benefits
• Insurers will no longer be able to deny anyone
  coverage because of a pre-existing behavioral
  health condition
• ACA already ensures that new health plans cover
  recommended preventive benefits without cost
  sharing, including depression screening for
  adults adolescents as well as behavioral
  assessments for children

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Results of the Affordable Care Act

• Primary care providers receive 10 Medicare bonus
  payment for primary care services
• A new Medicaid state option is created to permit
  certain Medicaid enrollees to designate a
  provider as a health home states taking up the
  option receive 90 federal matching payments for
  two years for health home-related services.
• Small employers receive grants for up to five
  years to establish wellness programs

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Results of the ACA continued

• The Center for Medicare Medicaid Innovation
  launches the Accountable Care Organization (ACO)
  Model Advance Payment ACO Model, which offers
  shared savings other payment incentives for
  selected organizations that provide efficient, coo
  rdinated, patient-centered care
• Some States established American Health Benefit
  Exchanges Small Business Health Options Program
  Exchanges to facilitate purchase of insurance by
  individuals small employers
• Teaching Health Centers are established
  to provide payments for primary care residency
  programs in community-based ambulatory patient
  care centers

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Two Healthcare Organizational Models which are
Driving Change

• Two New Medicare/Medicaid models are driving a
  change in healthcare delivery
• Patient Centered Medical Homes
• Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)

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Medical Homes

1. Patient Centered - Empowers them with Information
   and Understanding
2. Comprehensive - Co-location of care providers in
   physical and behavioral health
3. Coordinated Care - Through Health Information
   Technology all providers are kept in touch
4. Accessible same day appointment 24/7
   availability through technology online
5. Committed to Quality Safety Quality
   Improvement Goals which are tracked

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Benefits of Medical Homes

1. Patients seek out the right care which is
   needed-which is often behavioral vs. physical
2. Less use of ERs or delays in seeking care
3. Less duplication of tests, labs procedures
4. Better control of chronic diseases other
   illnesses improving health outcomes
5. Focus on wellness prevention reduce incidence
   severity of chronic disease or illnesses
6. Cost savings less use of ERs Hospitals

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What is moving the Patient Centered Home Health
Model

• In April 2013 the Patient-Centered Primary Care
  Collaborative Pointed out on it website these
  factors driving the Home Health Model
• Unsustainable cost increases in health care
  delivery
• Growing availability of data
• Vast change in the way we communicate
• Example In Denmark, more than 80 percent of
  health-care encounters transactions are
  electronically based vastly different method of
  communicating is coming online and it's coming
  fast, driven by younger generations of patients
  and physicians.

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Potential Role of Mental Health Counselors in
Medical Homes

• Address the stressors which lead folks to seek
  out medical attention in the first place
• Assist in increasing compliance of patients with
  the medical directives given them by primary care
  staff
• Wellness educational programming to help ward off
  chronic or severe illnesses
• Assisting clients to cope with the medical
  conditions for which they are receiving medical
  attention

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Primary and Behavioral Health Integration Grants
based on Medical Home Model in ACA

• In Utah
• Weber Human Services-Ogden, Utah
• In Florida
• Apalachee CenterTallahassee
• Community Rehabilitation Center-Jacksonville
• LifeStream Behavioral Center-Leesburg
• Lakeside Behavioral CenterOrlando
• Coastal Behavioral Health Care-Sarasota
• Miami Behavioral Health Center-Miami

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Accountable Care Organizations

• Have a look at the CMS video which overviews the
  ACO model
• http//innovation.cms.gov/initiatives/aco/
• Now lets look at the announcement of the Role
  Out of the ACO rules in 2011 to see what is hoped
  for in this model
• http//www.healthcare.gov/news/factsheets/2011/03/
  accountablecare03312011a.html

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Goal of ACOs

• The goal of coordinated care is to ensure that
  patients, especially the chronically ill, get the
  right care at the right time, while avoiding
  unnecessary duplication of services and
  preventing medical errors.

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So what are ACOs

1. ACO assumes financial risk rather than 3rd party
   payers (government, business or insurance
   companies) for group of patients assigned to it
2. Consists of more than one hospital number of
   primary care clinics with full array of medical
   health specialists-who self-refer to their own
   specialists
3. Control costs by being responsible for full care
   of patients
4. Integration of mental behavioral health
   services into Patient-centered medical homes
5. Enhance patient outcomes through emphasis on
   prevention, compliance, and immediate 24/7
   attention
6. Utilize an integrated behavioral medical approach

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How will ACOs Work?

• The Affordable Care Organizations (ACOs) is a
  large local health system
• It usually includes more than one hospital and a
  number of primary care clinics.
• It is this whole system which is in charge of the
  care of its patients
• The providers refer to other specialists inside
  of their own system
• These ACOs have their own group of providers
  (which could include Clinical Mental Health
  Counselors) by referring within the system
  controls costs
• ACOs are then responsible not only for their
  costs but also for the quality of their services
  to their patients
• Providers are paid a flat fee that is risk
  adjusted for the severity of the issues facing
  the patients
• The ACO organization assumes the financial risk
  rather than the government, business or insurance
  companies
• Where Clinical Mental Health Counselors work and
  how they will be paid may change greatly in the
  future as these ACOs become reality after full
  implementation of the ACA in 2014

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Utahs Efforts under ACA

• Utah is one of 16 states which proposes to design
  an innovative statewide initiative to facilitate
  improved physician/patient communication care
  coordination
• Goal of improving health care quality lowering
  costs
• The state will convene a multi-stakeholder group
  that will address strategies for healthcare
  transformation in five key areas
• Expanded health information technology
• Adequate healthcare workforce
• Wellness healthy lifestyle promotion
• Payment reform
• Medical malpractice dispute resolution.

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Key Players in Utah working on ACA innovations

• Organizations
• IHC Health Services (Intermountain Health Care)
• Trustees Of Dartmouth College
• State of Utah
• Hospital working on ACA innovation
• Salt Lake Regional Medical Center
• Utahs Innovation Advisors
• Nancy Murphy MD
• Victoria Wilkins MPH, MD
• Sarah Woolsey MD,

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Accountable Care Organizations

• Current Utah ACOs
• Health Choice at http//www.healthchoiceutah.com/
  
• Healthy U at University of Utah at
  http//uhealthplan.utah.edu/healthyu/index.html
• Molina at http//www.molinahealthcare.com/medicaid
  /providers/ut/pages/home.aspx
• SelectHealth at http//selecthealth.org/Pages/new.
  aspx
• Central Utah Clinic, P.C. (Provo, Utah)
• IASIS Health Care Org at http//www.iasishealthcar
  e.com very open to creation of ACOs in their
  hospital localities
• IASIS Utah Hospitals Davis Hospital and Medical
  Center, Layton, UTJordan Valley Medical Center,
  West Jordan, UTPioneer Valley Hospital, West
  Valley City, UTSalt Lake Regional Medical
  Center, Salt Lake City, UT Health Choice Utah
  Accountable Care LLC

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Prevention Services Mandated by ACA

• After September 23, 2010, the following
  preventive services must be covered without
  policy holder having to pay copayment or
  co-insurance or meet deductible but only applies
  when these services are delivered by a network
  provider
• Alcohol Misuse screening counseling
• Alcohol and Drug Use assessment for adolescents
• Behavioral Assessment for children of all ages
• Depression screening for adults adolescents
• Developmental screening for children under age 3
  surveillance throughout childhood
• Diet counseling for adults at higher risk for
  chronic disease
• Obesity Screening counseling for adults
  children
• Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) prevention
  counseling for adults adolescents at higher
  risk who are sexually active
• Tobacco Use screening for all male female
  adults cessation interventions for tobacco
  users expanded counseling for pregnant tobacco
  users
• Domestic interpersonal violence screening
  counseling for all women
• Well-woman visits to obtain recommended
  preventive services for women under 65

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Potential Clinical Setting Openings for CMHCs
with ACA Implementation

• Clinical Mental Health Counselors will be ideally
  situated to provide Behavioral Medical
  Interventions based on their expanded training
  and implementation of AMHCAs Clinical Standards.
  They will then need to promote themselves in the
  following settings
• General Practice Family Practice Internal
  Medicine Clinics
• Rehabilitation In-patient and out-patient Centers
  
• General and Specialized Hospitals
• Senior Citizens Independent housing, Assisted
  Living Nursing Homes

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What are the future prospects for the
profession?

• Recognized for VA Positions in VA Hospitals and
  Field Agencies which is good given the OIF and
  OEF veterans complex health issues
• AMHCA hopes to soon be recognized for Medicare
  Services
• Increased work in Behavioral Medicine in
  Hospitals, Rehab Centers Primary Care
  Physicians Offices
• Increased work in Substance Abuse Alcohol
  Treatment Facilities

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Mental Health Needs of OEF OIF Vets

• The invisible wounds which our OIF and OEF vets
  return with are staggering
• PTSD and TBI along with Combat Depression are
  staggering disorders which are impacting from 1/3
  to 2/3s of these vets. The Mental Health system
  over the next 5 to 10 years will become
  overwhelmed in meeting their individual as well
  as marital and family needs.
• CMHCs need to be ready to serve this population

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Baby Boomer Generation are Aging

• The increase in Boomers aging and their impact on
  the medical and mental health field cannot be
  ignored or underestimated
• It is imperative that CMHCs be armed with
  Behavioral Medicine techniques to address the
  needs of this geriatric population to address
  their chronic health issues, disabilities and
  cognitive decline needs

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What Skills Do Mental Health Counselors Need?

• Ability to understand dynamics of Human
  Development to capture good psychosocial history
  of clients
• Diagnosis of and treatment for behavioral
  pathology
• Evidenced based practices in psychotherapy to
  provide credible treatment to clients
• Understanding of basic neuroscience of brain and
  nervous system to understand roots of emotional
  responses to lifes stressors
• Understanding of psychopharmacological treatment
  of psychopathology

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SO whats Up in Utah? Related to all these
Changes?

• State of Utah, UT (DCFS,DJJS) Diagnostic and/or
  Rehabilitative Mental Health
• This multi-step procurement is issued on behalf
  of the State of Utah, Department of Human
  Services for the purpose of identifying and
  contracting with all qualified Offerors
  interested in providing Diagnostic and/or
  Rehabilitative Mental Health Services for clients
  in the custody of DHS, DHS/DCFS, or
  DHS/DJJS   (Outpatient Mental Health)
• The initial submission date for Responses is
  Monday, May 13, 2013 on or before 300pm
• Submissions end September 30, 2014 300 pm

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Some Requirements for Contractors

1. Use of Evidenced Based Practices with targeted
   youth
2. Use of SMART Goals Specific, Measurable,
   Attainable, Realistic and Timely
3. Responsivity Principle varying treatment
   according to the relevant characteristics of
   Client such as gender, culture, developmental
   stages, trauma, IQ, motivation, mental disorders,
   psychopathy
4. Telehealth practice of mental health care
   delivery through interactive video communications
   when distance or other hardships create
   difficulty with consistent access to services.
   Telehealth occurs in real-time or near real-time.
5. Trauma Informed Care providers must assess
   childhood maltreatment may need to modify
   treatment based on understanding of neurological,
   biological, psychological social effects of
   trauma.

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Evidence Based or Evidence-Informed Treatment
Utah Model

• 1. The treatment regimen shall be individualized
  based on the Clients age, diagnosis
  circumstances. This includes, but is not limited
  to, addressing grief, loss, trauma, and
  criminogenic factors affecting Client.
• 2. Maintain fidelity of the approved
  evidence-based or evidence informed treatment
  program through monitoring effectiveness of
  program.
• 3. Maintain documentation of staff training
  received and/or skills in t evidence based
  treatment for which Client will be engaged to
  restore the highest possible level of function.

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CMHC Tools Needed to Put Health Back into
Clinical Mental Health

• Evidenced Based Practices
• Apps that Work
• Neuroscience
• Psychopharmacology
• Behavioral Medicine
• Military Focus Materials
• Multicultural Perspective as a Mental Health
  Counselors
• Focus on the Military

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Evidenced-Base Practices

• http//coping.us/evidencedbasedpractices.html
• Overview of Evidenced Based Practices
• Anxiety Disorder
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• PTSD
• Phobias
• Depressive Disorders
• Bipolar Disorder
• Alcohol Dependence
• Substance Abuse
• Anorexia
• Bulimia
• Autism
• ADHD
• Guidebooks for EBPs
• Resources on Evidenced Based Practices

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Apps that Work

• For Clients
• For Practitioners
• Moving the concept of Telehealth to new levels
• http//coping.us/evidencedbasedpractices/appsthatw
  ork.html

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Neuroscience

• http//coping.us/introtoneuroscience.html
• Basics of Neuroscience
• Stress Response of Humans
• Lectures on Neuroscience

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Psychopharmacology

• http//coping.us/psychopharmacology.html
• Psychopharmacology Chart
• Drug Classifications to treat the following
  conditions
• ADHD
• Alcohol Disorder
• Schizophrenia and other Psychotic Disorders
• Depressive Disorders
• Bipolar Disorder
• Anxiety Disorders
• Eating Disorders
• Dementia
• Generic names of each drug
• Commercial names of each drug
• Time to reach clinical level for each drug
• Benefits of each drug
• Side effects of each drug

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Behavioral Medicine

• http//coping.us/introbehavioralmedicine.html
• Background on Behavioral Medicine
• Lectures on Behavioral Medicine
• Behavioral Medicine Introductory Bibliography
• Internet Resources on Behavioral Medicine

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Multicultural Competency

• http//coping.us/multiculturalcompetency.html
• Why the Need for Multicultural Competency?
• Cultural Immersion
• Multicultural Self-Assessment
• Challenging Your Cultural Biases
• Resources for Multicultural Competencies

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Focus on the Military Their Families

• http//coping.us/focusonthemilitary.html
• Virtual Boot Camp for Civilian Mental Health
  Practitioners
• Impact of Deployment on the Military and their
  Families
• Psychological First Aid for Returning Military
  and their Families
• Building Resilience in Tough Times
• Addressing Compassion Fatigue in the Family
  and Workplace
• Background Resources on the Deployment's Impact
• Resources for Active and Veteran Military Service
  Members and their Families

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So far so Good! So what else does COPING.US have
which will help CMHCs put health into CMHC which
are Evidence Based Practice oriented so that they
can be trusted to meet the needs of both the
counselors and their clients?
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EBP Tools on www.Coping.us

• Tools for Coping CBT based Client Workbooks
• SEAs 12 Step Program in Self-Esteem Recovery
• Laying the Foundation Tools for overcoming
  Patterns of Low Self-Esteem
• Tools for Handling Loss and Grief
• Tools for Personal Growth
• Tools for Relationships
• Tools for Communications
• Tools for Anger Work-Out
• Tools for Handling Control Issues
• Growing Down Tools for Healing the Inner Child
• Tools for a Balanced Lifestyle weight management
  program

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How can CMHC use Tools for Coping Series

• Clinical mental health counselors can utilize
  these workbooks with their clients to
• Expedite their treatment
• Encourage their recovery
• Sustain their well-being
• Identify triggers for steps to prevent relapse
• Tools for Coping Handbooks enable CMHCs to
  challenge clients to
• Maintain personal growth in between sessions by
  use of
• Exercises
• Tools for changing behaviors
• Journal writing
• These workbooks are cost effective interventions
  based in clinically sound principles which have
  an evidenced based support in Cognitive Behavior
  Therapy for their efficacy positive results

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In Summary

• Today we looked at How to put Health back into
  Clinical Mental Health by reviewing
• The implications of the new Affordable Care Act
  (ACA) and how available tools can help clinical
  mental health counselors prepare themselves to be
  better able to present themselves to the medical
  community as legitimate partners in the
  prevention and treatment of mental illness in the
  next century
• The new 2011 AMHCA CMHC Clinical Standards and
  how they put Health into CMHC
• The need for Counselors to become Behavioral
  Medicine Specialists armed with understanding of
  Neuroscience, Psychopharmacology, Evidenced Based
  Practices and the needs of people who have
  experienced severe trauma such as the Vets from
  OIF and OEF.

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THANK YOU ALL!

• Any further questions or clarifications you would
  like at this time?